May 2, 2012
Bishops and Extractive Industries: A Human Face of Mining
In far flung corners of the world, religious leaders are protesting against mining companies and projects. What are their complaints?
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April 27, 2012
José Casanova Lectures on Multiple Secularities
Professor José Casanova gave a lecture on "Multiple Secularities: Comparative Reflections on the Nordic Protestant and Southern Catholic Patterns from a Global Perspective" at the University of Oslo in Norway.
April 24, 2012
Global Engagement Summit Brings Together Students Determined to Change the World
In our cynical times, it is gratifying and invigorating to be with young people whose sights are truly fixed on translating ideals into action. One example is the Global Engagement Summit, a Northwestern University student run enterprise.
April 12, 2012
José Casanova Speaks on Democratization, Catholicism, and Islam at Loyola University Chicago
Professor José Casanova gave an address at the Loyola University of Chicago entitled "Catholic Actors in the Third Wave of Democratization: Lessons for the Arab Spring and the Muslim Fourth Wave?" as part of Loyola's Islamic World Studies Lecture Series, organized around the theme "Forces of Change in the Muslim World."
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February 5, 2025
Rev. Gerard J. McGlone Calls for Victim-Centered Reforms in Anglican Abuse Scandals
Berkley Center Research Fellow Rev. Gerald J. McGlone, S.J., has been quoted in an article by Religion News Service about recent abuse cases within Anglican denominations.
February 4, 2025
Jerome Copulsky Discusses His Book on Podcast
Research Fellow Jerome Copulsky joined Mark Noll and James Patterson on the Law & Liberty Podcast to discuss his new book American Heretics (2024).
January 6, 2025
Georgetown Welcomes Cardinal Robert McElroy as New Archbishop of Washington
Over the past decade, McElroy has visited Georgetown and engaged with events hosted by the Berkley Center and the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life. He also contributed a chapter to the Georgetown University Press book A World Free from Nuclear Weapons: The Vatican Conference on Disarmament, co-edited by the late Rev. Drew Christiansen, S.J., then a Berkley Center senior fellow.
December 13, 2024
Student Research on Religion and COVID-19 in Sri Lanka
In "The Right to Bury Their Dead," Minahil Mahmud (SFS'25) examines the challenges faced by the Muslim community in Sri Lanka when the government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa mandated in April 2020 that all victims of COVID-19 would be cremated, irrespective of their religious beliefs.
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